Dictionary entry

Extinguish

Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/

Pronunciation

/ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/

Myanmar Meaning

(vt) မီးငြိမ်းသတ်သည်။(မျှော်လင့်ချက်၊ချစ်မေတ္တာ စသည်တို့)အဆုံးသတ်စေသည်။ကွယ်ပျောက်စေသည်။

Definition

extinguish /Çk'stÇŋgwÇʃ/ v ( fml ) (က) ၿငိႇမ္းသည္။ A sign flashed up telling them to extinguish their cigarettes. ❍ They tried to extinguish the flames. (ခ) အဆံုးသတ္ေစ သည္။ ကြယ္ေပ်ာက္ေစသည္။ This defeat effectively extinguished all hopes of independence. ❍ His behaviour extinguished the last traces of affection she had for him. ❏ extinguisher n = FIRE EXTINGUISHER

Examples

  1. Firemen fought for hours to extinguish the blaze.